Improvement in seeders and cultivators



ttntrh 'Ks/atea sind finie Letters Patent No. 111,372, dated January 31, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT |.N SEEDRS AND CULTIVATORS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters- Patent and making part of the same.

To all whomi-t may concern Be it known that I, JAMES T. Morr, of Postville, in the county of Allamakee and State of Iowa, have invented new and useful Improvements in Broadcast Seeders and Cultivators; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, which will enable others skilled in the art to construct and use the same, reference being, had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l represents a plan view oi' my improved seeder, with the top of the hopper broken away to show its interior; v

-Figure 2, a transverse'sectional elevation 5 and Figure 3, a plan view of the. scattcrin devices upon the axle.

This invention relates to a new device for scattering the seed broadcast, which is cheaply, simply, and dm-ably made.

It consists oil an ordinary axle, with triangular shaped channels or chutes, and fitted with narrow pieces of thin iron, set horizontally in them for the seed to pass over in its descent.

Ther invention also` consists in a newsdevice for easily raising and lowering the cultivator-teet-h while the operator is either riding on the machine or walking behind it. l

This result is accomplished by means of a lever, which is constructed in a peculiar manner, and connected to an ironframe, with rods connecting the short arm of the lever to the lift-rod of the cultivator.

. The said frame is constructed in such a way that the center or fulcrum, about which the shprt arm of the lever turns, is forward of and between the outer portion of' the frame' and the seed-box, allowing said rods, that connect with the short arm ofthe lever and the lift-rod, as the lever is drawn back to raise the cultivatorto` pass by on each side of said fulcrum, and a. little back of a line of center to a point where they fit against certain shoulders, the weight lof the cnltivat-or preventing its return, thus avoiding the necessity of any fixed fastenings.

To enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same,I will now proceed to describe fully its construction and method of operation.

A represents an ordinary broadcast sceder and cultivator with my improvement attached. The-'y may be attached to any ofthe usual` forms known.

The one I adopt, however, is a common seed-box,

oi' any desired length, with two iron slides iu its bottom, with coresponding inch-holes, seven inches apart,

and a culti 'ator with each tooth independent of the others, thc arms oi' which being hung onV a rod in I constructv my improvement for raising and low? eringr the cult-ivator, of' iron in two corresponding parts, a right-hand and a left-hand portion, as shown in fig. lat B B.

These parts are of suiiicicnt length to be fastened to the lower side of the axle at c a, running up be hind the seed-box to an equal height, and eight inches from it, at which point, as shown iu fig. 2 at C, they are bent and attached firmly to the seed-box at el. They are four inches apart at the top and seven at the bottom', and have irons projecting in toward each other, as shown at e c in iig. I, one inch, to ff, then a square shoulder one and a half inch, to g g.

To these I fasten a peculiarshaped level', h, as shown in iig. 2, securely, with a pin, which forms a fulcrum, about which the short arm of the lever turns,

making a little more than a half circle in raising or lowering the cnltivator, as shown 'in iig. 2 at Ii At the end of the short arm, which is about six inches in length, are attached two rods l Z, connecting it to thc liftingbar mr, that raises the cultivator, said rods'being bent at'n n, so that, as the cultivator is raised, they will pass by thev center or fulcrunron each side tuntil they rest against the shoulders at ff, where they are held by the weight.of.the cultivator, thereby avoiding the necessity of anyiixed fastcnings.

Having thus fully described my inventionv YThat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is-

l. rIhc axle, ,constructed as described, and pro'- vided with the strips b b, for the purpose set forth. v

2. lThe arrangement of the standards I5 B, with parts c eff, lever li, rods Z l, bent at n n, and 'oar mv of the eultivator, all operating as set forth.

v JAMES T. MOTT.

T. O. Ransom, T. S'rrLns. 

